Saturday, November 22, 2014

Tonight's Sky for November 22: New Moon

Today,
the Moon,
second brightest object in the sky, has reached the New Moon phase,
which means that it is directly between the Sun and Earth, and thus
invisible for us Earthlings as of now.

As for lunar
mechanics, the Moon is always half lit. The reason we don't always
see it as such is thanks to orientation in relation to us. Right now,
with the Moon directly between the Earth and Sun, e can't see any of
its lit side.

After today, we will see more of the Moon each
night as its lit side turns more toward from us and heads toward
first quarter..